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Stress Coping Method

Stress Coping Method

Period: October 2004
Question: What is your most frequently adopted stress coping mechanism? (one answer only)


Response Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
Overall
Number (%)
Doing exercise 208 (21.0%) 140 (12.7%) 348 (16.7%)
Listening to music 101 (10.2%) 132 (12.0%) 233 (11.1%)
Resting/sleeping 96 (9.7%) 115 (10.5%) 211 (10.1%)
Talking to somebody 38 (3.8%) 89 (8.1%) 127 (6.1%)
Reading 38 (3.8%) 59 (5.4%) 97 (4.7%)
Shopping 11 (1.1%) 71 (6.4%) 82 (3.9%)
Watching TV/Movie 30 (3.0%) 38 (3.5%) 68 (3.3%)
Eating 12 (1.2%) 51 (4.6%) 63 (3.0%)
Drinking 37 (3.7%) 2 (0.2%) 39 (1.9%)
Smoking 5 (0.5%) 1 (0.1%) 6 (0.3%)
Attending stress management class 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.1%) 1 (<0.05%)
Others 289 (29.1%) 273 (24.9%) 562 (26.9%)
No stress 127 (12.8%) 125 (11.4%) 253 (12.1%)
Total 993 (100.0%) 1 095 (100.0%) 2 088 (100.0%)

Note: Add-ups may not be equal to total due to rounding.